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Want an iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus? It is now possible to say with almost 100% certainty when you will be able to buy them...

Following a leaked internal memo from Vodafone last month, prominent Japanese site ITHome and German tech experts Macerkopf have both discovered that the new iPhones 6Ses will launch in their respective countries on September 18th. This ties perfectly with the Vodafone internal memo for the UK, which also carried a September 18th launch date.

Japan, Germany and the UK are all tier one Apple launch countries with iPhones traditionally being made available to them at the same time as the US release.

For those still skeptical, the ever reliable 9to5Mac has also learnt Best Buy has partnered with Apple to begin offering AppleCare protection plans from September 14th. This gives the company a few days run in time ahead of the iPhone 6S launch.

Meanwhile September 9th continues to be held up as the day Apple will announce the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. Again this dovetails perfectly with the circa 10 day gap Apple likes to have between iPhone announcements and the phones going on sale.

More Reasons To Be Excited

Of course talk of availability is not always enough to generate excitement, but the Wall Street Journal claims Apple is stockpiling a record 85-90 million iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus units ahead of launch so clearly the company’s hopes are high.